hogfish
nounEtymology From hog + fish.
7 senses
- 1Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found…
- 2Several of the species of Bodianus.
- 3The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera…
- 4Percina caprodes, an American freshwater fish, the log…
- 5A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish…
- 6A pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts…
- 7A grunt, Haemulon parra.
1
Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
2
Several of the species of Bodianus.
3
The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera, or other species in genus Orthospristis.
4
Percina caprodes, an American freshwater fish, the log perch, rockfish, a kind of darter.
5
A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).
- The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, page 3:
6
A pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas.
7
A grunt, Haemulon parra.